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Tuesday, January 11, 2005

More BookCrossing

I had a lot of fun Sunday morning registering books, writing the release notes, and "seeding" them throughout an area along four or five miles on the highway which runs north and south, from South Carolina to Florida's St. Mary's River and Okefenokee Swamp. It gave me a whole new perspective to places I had come to take for granted, or just thought not exciting.

I drove by the car wash this morning. The paperback I'd left on top of the drink machine is still there. I don't even remember what it was... you can go to www.BookCrossing.com/

This evening I'm leaving a copy of The Return of the King in the reference section of the small library at the Technological College.

You are the Gender Abolitionist type of feminist. This means that you
feel the best way to destroy patriarchal oppression is to rid ourselves
of misguided gender roles, and instead live in a society that does not
make such marked assumptions about gender differences. The Gender
Abolitionist is culturally radical, but rather conservative when it
comes to sexual liberation and politics. You have a strong sense of
human rights for all. In fact, you are actually a very moral person.
You don't see people in terms of gender and are thus very philosophical
in order to perceive the world in such a manner. You think people
shouldn't identify others in terms of gender. When most people see a
person, the first thing they think is "That person is a woman" or "That
person is a man", but they do NOT think "That person is a
short-fingernail". Most make someone's gender their IDENTITY, but
fingernail length would never be considered part of their identity. A
gender abolitionist would claim gender should be like fingernail
length--it shouldn't be part of someone's identity. By making gender a
part of identity, difference is emphasized and oppression is often
justified. Thus, gender shouldn't be regarded to such a large extent by
society. You are mostly concerned with seeing women become fully
equalized with men by eliminating gender roles, as these roles oppress
women.